You keep giving shoutouts to everyone else but you know what mate, you deserve to shoutout yourself for all the great content you're putting out, keep up the great work.
I've gone through US Army training, and at least where I went through it was more like what you described in the royal marines later in training. Also the gas chamber wasn't the worst part, they just don't show what it's really like to the general public because they'd get in trouble, it's toned down for the cameras.
I agree they didn’t show what it’s really like, they will thrash/ smoke you for anything whether it was your fault or not. That basically means they bring you out in the hot ass sun and make you workout for hours on end with no water or food and if you stop, you will regret it because they just will keep you out there longer. I have seen guys pass out and have serious head trauma from smashing their heads on the concrete, and a ambulance has to be called. Then soon to find he is getting kicked out of the army because of a life threatening concussion and internal head bleeding
I went through basic in 87. The MREs are much better now. Dehydrated pork/beef patty….nuf said. Our drill sergeants used enough CS that there was a heavy visible fog of CS in the chamber. 20 mile road marches were not the norm, but 5-10 certainly was, mostly down Ft' Dix's nice, deep sand covered, back "roads". We got smoked for plenty of stuff. Drill sergeants couldn't beat you but verbal abuse and "physical training" were still very much options. eg it is possible to bear crawl a mile, but it hurts a lot. Then on to 13 weeks of AIT (tech school). I know that I had a drill sergeant there, but I rarely ever saw him, and dealt mostly with the Tech School instructors, who were not drill sergeants and several of which I later served with and under in my permanent party units.
I went through OSUT a lot of it’s toned down like what you said. A lot of different units are harder than the others. In my training unit we were red phase for half the cycle. Our drills didn’t fuck around and would jump at the chance to fuck you up. I loved that shit and I miss it tbh.
I went to armor OSUT in Ft. Benning in 2010-2011 and it was nothing like this. There was little to no coaching and a lot of yelling. I still have a few friends that stayed in and are currently Drill Sgt's in Ft. Benning. From what they told me the Army only recently adapted these training methods in the last two or so years.
The coaching was inspired by performance-based training that percolated out of the SMUs into Ranger training and TRADOC. Coaching and mentoring delivered significantly more improvement in performance than previous standards based training. The thing is to see the man training to his level and coaching him to break that plateau, otherwise he'll only train to "the standard". Its only partially used in recruit training because you only really need the standard at this early period of their career, but it helps to pull poor performers over the hump... and we have a lot of poor-performing recruits that weren't well-prepared for induction and need that leg up. Its the reality that the recruit pool has changed and instead of just bitching about it we need to adapt and make it work.
2006 was very, very different. A lot more aggressive. I went infantry, which requires more physical endurance than armor. Every single day, we ran at least 6 miles. I will be the first to admit that it had a heavy toll on our knees and ankles later in our careers. This was nothing compared RASP and SFAS, though. What you saw here may actually be better for soldiers. I've noticed that all the younger guys were a lot better working and communicating in teams than we were in our early careers. The younger guys who also got out after their four years are also having a somewhat easier time integrating into civilian life, which makes me very happy to see. I know a lot of good men that have taken their own lives over things like this.
Just make sure you backup everything before you enlist. Just like Lieutenant Itami from GATE. Boi recovered everything after he graduated and continued his Otaku life to an extent after basic training.
I enjoyed my training, tbh most company’s have there own little twist to the main method. Some are very aggressive and its nonstop until the day you graduate, and some are a literal cake walk! Just depends. We were only allowed to use cold water for showering and we weren’t even allowed to know what time it was until 5 weeks in #Army4life
Until about halfway through white phase my platoon wasnt allowed to have anything more than 2 minutes the change, shower, change and be toe to line. So many stories. I miss ot
@@WoodlandFops nope, we would undo our boots, belts and only Velcro our tops, run in 12 at a time jump in just enough to get wet, wouldn't even dry off and out our PTs on hahaha, we'd scream for the next people to come it and we'd hope to go we made it in time( never made it because of the same guy)
Are you kidding? I trained with a bunch of Gomer's, lol. They all became stone cold killers, stand up men. There is a day in training when suddenly the light bulb switches on. I can remember that day, for me, with absolute clarity during bayonet training. Edited to add: It was the hard guys, the heroes, that I saw crumble and fall.
@@NoctuaStrigiformes Sounds like great irony. The self proclaimed "tough guys" drop, and the shy/normal guys get turned into actual though-as-nail-guys
Went to OSUT in 2017. All of the DS hated us until the day we left. Most Of DS were straight outta of Afghanstan. Don't believe everything in the Video. The Gas Chamber was probably one of the easy events in Basic. They also tone down for the Videos.
@@celestialtony5623 depending on your MOS like 12Cs are iffy you could somehow get sent with 12Bs and more so become one of the door kickers or just be your typical bridgy which wont lie is easy from a current situations stand point.
I was in USAF basic training (about like High School PE) in the 70's and we had the same CS training. We all laughed at each other with long strands of snot hanging from our noses, tears flowing and some sneezing. Good times were had by all.
Army veteran of Iraq here. They didn’t show any of the heavy training we go through in basic. Mouth was FTX which was fought urban and in forests. Night fire exercises where we crawled a football field length under barbed wire with explosions and live rounds go off around us at a safe distance, of course. Pupils. The warrior tower to learn rappelling and climbing. We had obstacle courses. We marched in cadence everywhere. Every morning, we had pt for 2 hours before our short breakfast and then we would march to our next training. There was also the 15km March with full gear on, weapons and a fully packed rucksack. There was more but that’s all I remember. I miss how amazingly fit I was and the amount of confidence I had. Good times.
You should know that US Army basic training is the foundation phase, it simply acclimitizes recruits to discipline, by throwing stress and fatigue on them so they learn to ignore distractions and be methodical in processing their tasks, and beginning physical training. After basic training, the recruits begin to learn the actual skills and drills for whatever they're doing. The ones assigned to infantry will go on to training that you would find more familiar, but that's not needed for those assigned to logistics or signal or what have you. US Marines like to run all their recruits through infantry-level discipline and at least a foundational infantry skill course, regardless of their professional occupation. The Army doesn't care to do that for recruits who aren't going to use it, so we have a split in foundation (basic training) and profession (advanced individual training). But the Army does also have OSUT (one station unit training) where the infantry recruit has a single program and the foundation phase exposes him to proper infantry discipline and skill from the beginning.
I love how you do this for fun and not for money, also you are a very very warm person, you're like the kind of guy that would hug people instead of shake their hands, which somehow makes me feel like im hanging out with a friend. Greetings from Chile
I was an 11C, Trained and assigned to Ft Benning back in 2012. Instead of the OCPs, we got the ACUs....Something the DIs often criticizes while we were there. I’ll be honest, the hardest part was breaking down my mentality. As a kid i had a Lone Wolf state of mind due to my family always looking for themselves and not for others. The Army forced me to actually work with others and i’ll admit, even today, i prefer to be alone. But even in the shadows, i was nice to watch the other recruits converse and joke. On my blue Cord ceremony, my DS put my cord on as my family wasn’t there, and on graduation, only my sister decided to show up, out of my entire family. Wasn’t the greatest moment of my life but I am glad regardless because i did something first in the family and if they didn’t care, well, whatevs
I've seen some differences from when I went through basic. Drill Sergeants would still bark at a high volume, just so everyone can hear what's being said, so the DS doesn't have to repeat themselves. In the white and blue phases, the DS would pull back a bit, but if you fuck up, they're on your ass and you'll get smoked.
This doesnt make much sense, if you dont have training you'll die, instincts aren't some magical thing that allows you to turn into a super hero and defeat trained opponents
Well all those training do have a purpose because gas comes in your gonna know how to react to it and the martial arts is helpful for survival and self defense
@@Chris09978 or you just butt stroke the fucker or better yet pop a round in the center chest before they get close enough to you. One of my buddies that went over seas found it pretty moronic to teach basic ground maneuvers because at that point you either get the shot off or a machete plunged into you or worse. Not like you can maneuver in the worthless kevlar. Then again idiots think that any of our recent combatants had actual training for that matter -_-
Thank you for making this video, I had no idea they came out with this and it's pretty cool to see how things have changed. I went through OSUT back in 2011. As far as the tone of training, it did get more laid back towards the end, but if you did anything wrong (or if the drill Sgt felt like having fun) it would quickly revert back to shark attack levels of intensity. Also, no the CS gas was not the worst part, it was just the most hyped by the public. I would say the worst was the 10-mile ruck march at the end of OSUT, you did it on the way back from your 24h training exercise.
Basic training in the army is made to make you get to the minimum knowledge and physical requirements. The army for the most part believe in personal responsibility to achieve higher physical performance and basic and OSUT are just two different steps on your learning process. You’re training doesn’t stop. But they are supposed to be a introduction and the unit you are then put in after are supposed to fine tune you. If that makes sense.
Really nice video mate👍🏽👍🏽 This time the audio was way better than last time. Thanks man *salute's* Also my brother picked the USMC because it's one of the toughest training in the US Military
Can't wait for another mw2 remastered and so on games.! I'm really hyped and excited to watch keep up the good content and were gonna get to 100k boys!
I don't know if they mention it, but OSUT is ONLY infantry training. All other job specialties go to different places for their basic training and specialization training.
I think just generally it depends on your MOS and where there's room to even go to basic training. Admittedly I was confused by them saying 22 weeks and OSUT because not every recruit does that. My MOS would likely be going to Fort Sill or Jackson for the 8-ish weeks of basic and then AIT depending on the specific MOS from there.
What are you talking about man The Maneuver School of Excellence is Infantry and Armor 19D/19K. 11 and 19 series both go to Benning for OSUT, 12 and 31 series go to Leonard Wood for OSUT. Only the Infantry and Armor guys go through 22 week OSUT though.
We had sit downs in the USMC with our drill instructors called a school circle where we had hip pocket classes. More relaxed than the constant yelling, but not as relaxed as cutting up with the drill sergeants like the soldiers did in this video. That controlled aggression was always there, like you mentioned. Hip pocket class could turn into a death session on the quarterdeck in no time. Just recently found your channel and love your videos. Cheers from Texas!
“... and other protected categories.” Wow. I got out of Active Duty back in 2011 and, as part of my contract, joined the National Guard until 2013. That makes me an OG now (right?). Anyway, it's amazing to see how times have changed. Big Army should leave the Infantry alone. You don't want sensitive and touchy-feely soldiers. You want grunts.
When I got out in 2018 they were just starting the sensitivity training for respecting trans soldiers. And REALLY pushing SHARP stuff like crazy. Some female soldiers were reporting people for everything. One even reported a guy for "touching her" in CLS training. He was just trying to feel and count her ribs like we were told to do.
This is honestly my first time seeing the army training and I remember my buddy was going through infantry OSUT while I was doing infantry training in the Marines and the stuff he told me sounded so fun compared to my situation
I was at Ft. Benning in 2016 for Infantry school. Last cycle of all male recruits. Worst part of training I would say was the 12 Mile ruck, and the first few days at reception. Extremely sleep deprived, with no idea what to expect. This video doesn't do the Infantry justice, unless it has changed now that they train both males and females.
Most of the training really isn’t hard honestly, it was mostly breaking off your civilian habits like talking back, wanting to result to fighting, you learn how to be apart of a team mostly
For the U.S Army. They have "Phases" red, white, and blue when I went (in that order), for four weeks each. The soldiers are 11 weeks are about done. (blue phase). Also, it is more of they are hard on you at first and of course "loosen up" each phase. But of course, if you mess up they on you.
lol my battalion got busted down in week 10 for some idiot stealing a round off range. we got smoked/drilled morning to night for three days in between courses.
Us army is extremely agressive for the first few weeks and relaxes more and more the closer your plattoon gets to being a "soldier" by graduation if you arnt a "strong cycle" its pretty casual
During marine basic, when you get to grass week and start doing weapons handling and practice for your week of live fire training, they calm down considerably. When they ramp it back up after and through to graduation it is different than before, it's more peer oriented but still aggressive.
@@allenyun2611 A recruit would have an extremely hard time getting a rifle into the head. Anytime they aren't being used they're locked up and a DI has the key. The guide is usually the one to double checks to make sure they actually are locked. And at night there's firewatch walking around doing a head count on all recruits and rifles every hour.
I went in 94, my son is in bct right now. This is army produced video, so it’s a bit more gentle than reality. They do relax as the unit learns to become soldiers, but they go instantly back to rage when they mess up. You really don’t get a friendly Drill Sergeant till you’re leaving for AIT.
"you know they yell at you until your ears ring and work you until your arms drop!? is it worth it?? what do you get in return??" us soldier: mm juice box goes slurp
Ft. Benning would've been a breeze. "Relaxin Jackson" was damn hard. maybe it depends on battalions or even companies, but a drill sergeant talking to you like a friend? a dream.
Who saw angry cop in the beginning of the vid thanks mate really big fan you should do a video about the Portuguese especial action deployment (d.a.e) or the fuzileiros wich is the Portuguese version of the royal marines and the usmc here's the link to the video ua-cam.com/video/9zKKQzrv2yI/v-deo.html
Went through Ft. Benning so, so long ago and it was the scariest time of my life so far. I was fresh out of high school and quickly realized I made a mistake. Man, those drill sergeants were scary. Fortunately, I made it through by doing what I was told and trying to make the same mistakes as my classmates. Although, I made a bunch them. And, I also learned that if I followed the instructions it made life easier (slightly). And, it was the best thing for me at that age. One last thing: the video did not show all of the PT that US Army recruits go through. I didn't see the runs, marches (in full rucksack), obstacle course or other types of field exercises (in my day there was jungle and desert). Today's Army has more training in urbane warfare, which makes sense, but I don't think the PT standards have changed that much. Similar to the Marines, Army recruits must meet a standard in order to graduate.
Was enlisted in 97 in my Junior year of High School. The army can take you in at 17 w/ approval from your parents. I was a 91 Echo...dental specialist. Not a very heroic job but still needed. My BCT (basic Training) was at Benning. They do not show the 15k road march, the FTX training, the Horrendous 7 day wake up PT runs and strength training, the many obstacle courses and field exercises. There is a ton of physical training that puts recruits in check. Benning is Home of the Infantry and I was lucky to train Regular Army with them. We are all representing and fighting for our countries, we all worked hard and earned the right to wear our uniform....Salute to you all!
The hardassery that you experience is to culture shock you into falling in line with the Army. Once you get past the adjustment, then you are all brothers and sisters in arms working toward one goal.
I have to say you are now one of my favorite youtubers to watch bc of your knowledge and experience in the field and also you do have a passion for gaming like us. Keep up the great work OG!
I was a Sergeant in the US Army 2011-2017. This video really misses out on the worst part of Army BCT. Such as the rucking everywhere and 0300-0400 wake up every day except Sunday. It’s very similar to marine training this video really doesn’t show. Also this is only initial training after that we have MOS or job training, which can be 18-56 additional weeks
This was infantry training and is not the majority of the US army. They did not show the true hard stuff like the road march and much more. I did not go through this training as an engineer, i did get most of that training but condensed into 8 weeks of basic training then moved on to train in my field, heavy equipment operator that took 16 weeks. after that i went to air assault school, combat lifesaver, airborne, then Ranger school. my training was almost 2 years total. (i was an army kid so i know what schools i wanted and made sure i got them at sign up). What most do not know is the training never stops, the whole time you serve. Then you had people like me that went in knowing just enough to be ready for almost any situation (my father was a drill instructor so i had an advantage). keep up the good vids man.
I was a US Army Cavalry Scout, I trained at fort Knox shortly before the cavalry School moved to fort Benning Georgia. We did a 25K ruck march to earn our crossed sabres.
The Army has changed a lot since i went in. I went to Benning for infantry training in 88', and we were one of the first classes that was part of an experiment on how they did things. They had 3 different levels of basic then...easy, medium, and hard. My class was medium which meant we still got hammered, smoked, and very little freedom, but we did get one pass to the px, and was allowed to watch a movie. But hard phase got brutally hammered every day non stop, and although we never actually saw any of them get hit, there was rumors that it happened. And of course easy phase was a lot more laid back...they got more passes, more freedom, and less yelling.
"Get your hands out of your pockets" Haha, same thing in the Australian Defence Force. Nothing will trigger an NCO quicker than the sight of someone with their hands in their pockets.
Me and my cousin WILL join the army! (Just it's the hungarian and not the american) You are inspiring us as hell! We're watching all of your vids! You're our favourite youtuber! 💪🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I graduated basic training about four years ago, and I will say that basic training was a walk in a park compared to first getting to your unit especially in an infantry unit. Your leader ship and other soldiers that out ranked you test you both physically and mentally to make sure you are prepared to go to battle next to them.
Good ole sand hill. I was in 3rd Platoon (Punishers), Bravo 2-58 IN when I went in (Oct 2013 to Feb 2014). A lot has changed compared to what we went through. We didn't get snacks, we didn't get the SHARP speech.. we got many briefings about that subject later on during OSUT, and during our shark attack we ran in circles on our sandy/rocky running track while simulated explosions and .50 caliber blanks went off while many many drill sergeants yelled in our ears the entire time. Unfortunately we didn't get the standard amount of combatives training, but we got a decent amount of range time and training on our battle drills. -Bravo 2-58 IN "Love Of Country"
Served 12 years with 3 tours. Trained Alpha company 247 at Fort Benning. When i went through, he had our M4 in the gass chamber, and we never had the casual tone with our DS. It was a lot more aggressive. However in 2015 they went really PC.
I went through Benning, and its a lot like you described the Royal Marines. It is all good and calm until you mess up. After that its like all hell breaks loose.
Non-Infantry U.S. Army Vet here. Went to Ft Jackson in 2012. For us, the first half of BCT is a bunch of Aggression. The second half onwards it is more lax, but if you do fuck up, they can and will turn that aggression back on in a split second.
I went to benning almost 3 1/2 years ago and like you said about the Royal Marines, the drills would sometimes come in and talk to you in a more relaxed way but they were always ready and willing to mess your day up. This was nothing like my reality but every experience is different
Not a Marine. But went through basic training at Ft. Jackson for the Army: B co 2-13. There are three phases in basic training: red, white, and blue phases. Red I would say was the most intense “break you down etc”. Red came after reception week. White was a mix of red and blue. Blue phase was FTX and getting ready for graduation/finding your duty station/ orders. The drill sergeants scared me like no other at first. I would say blue phase was the phase where drill sergeants were more like mentors. However, if you left your locker unlocked, the whole bay got destroyed (bunks would be flipped, lockers thrown, your belongings all over). After basic, you go to AIT (Advanced Individualized Training) and that length depends on your MOS. Combat medics (68w) are 17 weeks long. You don’t get paid a lot on base pay. However, that’s not counting enlistment bonuses, BAH/BAS, deployment pay, hazard pay, etc etc. Soldiers E-1-E-5 stay in barracks and they don’t have rent to pay and they can eat freely at the DFAC. Soldiers E-6 & up are required to live off base and the military gives them BAH for that. So if you save your money and choose wisely, you can save a ton of money.
Something the other video didn’t mention is that after 13 weeks of training, US Marines that plan on going infantry go to School of Infantry (SOI) for another 59 days. I’m sure there’s a few good videos on it if you’re interested.
Yeah the army for the infantry and armor I believe is now 22+ weeks depending on what you do after osut such as airborne, ranger, etc. It was 14 for the infantry osut before and now they've ramped up the intensity and length of the events and have qualifications added. As long you're not sitting in reception forever, it might be a good thing.
I'm former U.S. Army. This video doesn't show all the training we go through in basic training plus if you are a really squared away soldier you will be selected for or can apply for tougher training such as ranger or special forces. Great channel!
Marine here, Bootcamp for Marines is basically how you described. The only exception is when you are on the live fireweek. Then they teach you calmly but with that controlled aggression stance as you described. To be fair though this infantry training when they calm down is in week 11 and week 8 is when they graduate as soldiers (as far as i know for Army, their boot camp is 8 weeks and the video mentioned the full 22 weeks infantry go through) then they move on too infantry training which would be like Marine ITB training or MCT training, it is calmer on those pieces of training but still aggressive for marines.
I am an army veteran. Training did (nearly twenty years ago) consist of long ruck marches, runs, intense pt, etc... on top of tactical training that went into my combative MOS. That video showed so little of training.
I went through basic (Army) at Ft. Knox, Kentucky in 1988 as a 19D Cavalry Scout. It was much different then. Full Metal Jacket was pretty much how it was, with the exception that the Drill Sergeants couldn't put their hands on you. (Though it did happen) The snack pack blew my mind. I saw the, "What the hell is that BS?", look on your face. It's a whole different world now.
I was an MP and we trained at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. At least back when I was in training, there were a few MOSs in which the basic training AND the AIT were done with the same Drill Sergeants throughout the whole 22 week period. For most other MOSs, the Drill Sergeants were exclusively for reception and the first 9 weeks of training, and then AIT took place on another post with what my platoon called Chill Sergeants... At least from when I was in training, it looked like there were a huge amount of things they skipped in this video like PT, Obstacle Courses, Ruck marches, Field Training, Navigation, Grenades etc. I know they couldn't show literally everything in here and maybe they just didn't get to see everything happening on base enough to get everything on camera... As for the Drill Sergeants when I was in training, yes by around week 4 the Drill Sergeants did scream less, but every couple days out of nowhere and seemingly just for the fun of it, they'd jump out at you. It didn't help that both our 1st Sergeant and our Company commander (Captain) also used to be Drill Sergeants and so occasionally decided to jump in with the Drill Sergeants.
GS Scurry The training remained pretty much the same for me but I had OSUT training and I’m an MP we stayed in the same barracks for all 20 weeks had the same drill sergeants. They scream at you less as time goes on but they still fuck you up “randomly” still screamed at you at “random” it just depends where you go but they definitely down played the shit out of this video because they want to recruit more people. Still my Army though
I didn't do infantry OSUT at Fort Benning, but I went through the 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training for support MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) at Fort Leonard Wood. The shark attack was similar. There are three phases to BCT: Red phase the first and hardest due to the drill sergeants breaking you down, White phase where you do rifle marksmanship, and Blue phase where you are beginning to be treated like an actual soldier. If your platoon messes up badly enough the senior drill sergeant of your platoon can decide to treat your platoon like you are in Red phase, even if it's your last week of training in Blue phase.
I went through BACT in '96, and it did indeed start off more aggressively and then taper a bit to transition into learning mode over just fear mode. They left out a good amount of the physical training in this video. We had plenty of road marches and obstacle course work, in addition to daily PT at 4:30am and getting "smoked" throughout the day. That was a pretty minimalistic overview that you saw.
I'm a paratrooper in the U.S. Army. First off, let me say that the Army has recently changed the length of infantry OSUT (one station unit training) from 14 weeks to 22 weeks long, I was one of the last cycles to complete a 14 week program. Our training was very intense the first 9 weeks...the drill sergeants were always aggressive, we were constantly getting "smoked." However, there were times here and there that they were calm, especially during portions of training that demanded a lot of focus and attention to detail, such as the rifle range and grenade range. Like it was said in the video, the drill sergeants do this to ensure that the recruits can perform as best they can at that level of training. After those first 9 weeks, infantry recruits head straight into what is called the AIT (advanced infantry training) portion of OSUT (one station unit training), and train for their specific specialty... 11 Charlies (mortars) and 11 Bravos (standard infantryman).
When I was going through basic and AIT at Benning back 20 some years ago our Drill Sergeants would still pop off on us occasionally and trash the barracks when they find something jacked up.
I don't know if it's been pointed out but there are 4 different army bases that recruits are trained at. I trained at Ft. Jackson and it was a trip. One Drill Sergeant was taken away to be in a more administrative position. The other two really stepped up and it was just a great training environment. They were harsh but fair. They also forgot the 4 day ruck/obstacle course/stress fire training.
Ahh gotta love Benning, training company A 2-54 inf 2019. Those drill Sargents know the difference between work and play and will instill the discipline needed when necessary
You keep giving shoutouts to everyone else but you know what mate, you deserve to shoutout yourself for all the great content you're putting out, keep up the great work.
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great content ?lol hes just reacting to shit and calling it "royal marine reacts to" lmfao xD i bet he just served a year or so
I've gone through US Army training, and at least where I went through it was more like what you described in the royal marines later in training. Also the gas chamber wasn't the worst part, they just don't show what it's really like to the general public because they'd get in trouble, it's toned down for the cameras.
I agree they didn’t show what it’s really like, they will thrash/ smoke you for anything whether it was your fault or not. That basically means they bring you out in the hot ass sun and make you workout for hours on end with no water or food and if you stop, you will regret it because they just will keep you out there longer. I have seen guys pass out and have serious head trauma from smashing their heads on the concrete, and a ambulance has to be called. Then soon to find he is getting kicked out of the army because of a life threatening concussion and internal head bleeding
I went through basic in 87. The MREs are much better now. Dehydrated pork/beef patty….nuf said. Our drill sergeants used enough CS that there was a heavy visible fog of CS in the chamber. 20 mile road marches were not the norm, but 5-10 certainly was, mostly down Ft' Dix's nice, deep sand covered, back "roads". We got smoked for plenty of stuff. Drill sergeants couldn't beat you but verbal abuse and "physical training" were still very much options. eg it is possible to bear crawl a mile, but it hurts a lot. Then on to 13 weeks of AIT (tech school). I know that I had a drill sergeant there, but I rarely ever saw him, and dealt mostly with the Tech School instructors, who were not drill sergeants and several of which I later served with and under in my permanent party units.
I went through OSUT a lot of it’s toned down like what you said. A lot of different units are harder than the others. In my training unit we were red phase for half the cycle. Our drills didn’t fuck around and would jump at the chance to fuck you up. I loved that shit and I miss it tbh.
MrSirwolf2001 I went in 2009 and it was the same as you described, I think the video doesn’t show a lot of stuff .
yes this video was toned down
Crazy how that old barber started out cutting kids hair who were bound for Vietnam
He cut my hair 12 years ago
@@jerimeyperry3282 cut mine 5 years ago
That guy could have cut my hair and my granddads hair
He was the nicest one there
He cut my hair last year lol
*I have a brother going into the Marines and he is 5’4 so he is gonna get smoked by the drill instructors about that😂😂*
Joaquin G “just do push-ups til you get taller private” 😂
Joaquin G yea for sure, haha. Marines are called Drill Intructors. (If you’re talking about US Marines) my bad if you’re not
🤣dang he got 2 inches on me (goarmy)
HIM HIM all Ik is he is going to into the marines
Nah. They would just make him do pull-ups until he stretched out.
I went to armor OSUT in Ft. Benning in 2010-2011 and it was nothing like this. There was little to no coaching and a lot of yelling. I still have a few friends that stayed in and are currently Drill Sgt's in Ft. Benning. From what they told me the Army only recently adapted these training methods in the last two or so years.
The coaching was inspired by performance-based training that percolated out of the SMUs into Ranger training and TRADOC. Coaching and mentoring delivered significantly more improvement in performance than previous standards based training. The thing is to see the man training to his level and coaching him to break that plateau, otherwise he'll only train to "the standard". Its only partially used in recruit training because you only really need the standard at this early period of their career, but it helps to pull poor performers over the hump... and we have a lot of poor-performing recruits that weren't well-prepared for induction and need that leg up. Its the reality that the recruit pool has changed and instead of just bitching about it we need to adapt and make it work.
went through navy boot in 2008. this looks like a cake walk lol there so nice hahahah
@@jimbeam212007 Navy Bootcamp is a whole different beast. It only depends on who you get for a RDC.
You can only imagine how much it has changed since my time ‘87
@@parappasan Regardless, this documentary showed next to nothing which is an utter disservice.
His face is brighter than my future life
That's rough buddy
😂
OOF
And he liked it, harsh
Ooo self burn those are rare
Drill Instructor: WHY ARE YOU MOVING?
Recruit: **breathes**
I honestly thought he was getting grilled for how messed up his PC was......
2006 was very, very different. A lot more aggressive. I went infantry, which requires more physical endurance than armor. Every single day, we ran at least 6 miles. I will be the first to admit that it had a heavy toll on our knees and ankles later in our careers. This was nothing compared RASP and SFAS, though. What you saw here may actually be better for soldiers. I've noticed that all the younger guys were a lot better working and communicating in teams than we were in our early careers. The younger guys who also got out after their four years are also having a somewhat easier time integrating into civilian life, which makes me very happy to see. I know a lot of good men that have taken their own lives over things like this.
“If any photo you have in your phone is less than a bathing suit, you will delete them all”
Aw shit
There goes my collection
Just make sure you backup everything before you enlist.
Just like Lieutenant Itami from GATE. Boi recovered everything after he graduated and continued his Otaku life to an extent after basic training.
No hentai in the army
cant bring ur waifu body pillow either
@@Warhawk-dz2gt Hentai in the Army fine, Hentai in basic not good. Loli in the Army send you to Ft Leavenworth.
make sure you don't enlist*
petition for him to keep doing playthroughs after the modern warfare series
There's the Treyarch games.
Black ops 1 would be cool to see him play
Also ghosts would be bad ass
I enjoyed my training, tbh most company’s have there own little twist to the main method. Some are very aggressive and its nonstop until the day you graduate, and some are a literal cake walk! Just depends. We were only allowed to use cold water for showering and we weren’t even allowed to know what time it was until 5 weeks in #Army4life
How long ago was this? I graduated last year and now I feel like a bitch knowing I had hot water and a sense of time😂
Until about halfway through white phase my platoon wasnt allowed to have anything more than 2 minutes the change, shower, change and be toe to line. So many stories. I miss ot
@@spinch8808 is that even possible to do those things close to properly with that time limit😂
@@WoodlandFops nope, we would undo our boots, belts and only Velcro our tops, run in 12 at a time jump in just enough to get wet, wouldn't even dry off and out our PTs on hahaha, we'd scream for the next people to come it and we'd hope to go we made it in time( never made it because of the same guy)
@@WoodlandFops we also couldn't have our watches until blue phase so we never knew what time it was
i loved the"get your hands out your pockets!" thought exactly the same haha
I did too
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Poor Hormel, probably died in there
Surp Nurp and shit his pants.
He looks like the adult version of the child doll from Seed of Chucky
Are you kidding? I trained with a bunch of Gomer's, lol. They all became stone cold killers, stand up men. There is a day in training when suddenly the light bulb switches on. I can remember that day, for me, with absolute clarity during bayonet training. Edited to add: It was the hard guys, the heroes, that I saw crumble and fall.
@@NoctuaStrigiformes Sounds like great irony. The self proclaimed "tough guys" drop, and the shy/normal guys get turned into actual though-as-nail-guys
Went to OSUT in 2017. All of the DS hated us until the day we left. Most Of DS were straight outta of Afghanstan. Don't believe everything in the Video. The Gas Chamber was probably one of the easy events in Basic. They also tone down for the Videos.
Than again being in their Units are harder than OSUT.
@@celestialtony5623 depending on your MOS like 12Cs are iffy you could somehow get sent with 12Bs and more so become one of the door kickers or just be your typical bridgy which wont lie is easy from a current situations stand point.
Oh hey my boyfriend went to OSUT in 2017 as well. Did you do it in the summer?
@@Mou5eBoy i went in fall.
I was in USAF basic training (about like High School PE) in the 70's and we had the same CS training. We all laughed at each other with long strands of snot hanging from our noses, tears flowing and some sneezing.
Good times were had by all.
your upload schedule is more consistent than my grades
Army veteran of Iraq here. They didn’t show any of the heavy training we go through in basic. Mouth was FTX which was fought urban and in forests. Night fire exercises where we crawled a football field length under barbed wire with explosions and live rounds go off around us at a safe distance, of course. Pupils. The warrior tower to learn rappelling and climbing. We had obstacle courses. We marched in cadence everywhere. Every morning, we had pt for 2 hours before our short breakfast and then we would march to our next training.
There was also the 15km March with full gear on, weapons and a fully packed rucksack. There was more but that’s all I remember. I miss how amazingly fit I was and the amount of confidence I had. Good times.
Going to watch all of this mate. Nearly 80k now bro 🙌🏻
Road to 100K 🙌🏻
You should know that US Army basic training is the foundation phase, it simply acclimitizes recruits to discipline, by throwing stress and fatigue on them so they learn to ignore distractions and be methodical in processing their tasks, and beginning physical training. After basic training, the recruits begin to learn the actual skills and drills for whatever they're doing. The ones assigned to infantry will go on to training that you would find more familiar, but that's not needed for those assigned to logistics or signal or what have you.
US Marines like to run all their recruits through infantry-level discipline and at least a foundational infantry skill course, regardless of their professional occupation. The Army doesn't care to do that for recruits who aren't going to use it, so we have a split in foundation (basic training) and profession (advanced individual training). But the Army does also have OSUT (one station unit training) where the infantry recruit has a single program and the foundation phase exposes him to proper infantry discipline and skill from the beginning.
Not every recruit go through OSUT that is mainly for Infantry. You have Basic and then AIT for job specific training.
yea really depends on the MOS(job) infantry its almost all OSUT i do believe and some other MOS' like MPs(31B) also do OSUT mostly
I agree my training took 2 years. OSUT, Airborne, Language school, then MOS training (had to go through infantry school before my MOS training).
@@ericherzog9033 dude, sounds like your training sucked.
I love how you do this for fun and not for money, also you are a very very warm person, you're like the kind of guy that would hug people instead of shake their hands, which somehow makes me feel like im hanging out with a friend. Greetings from Chile
I was an 11C, Trained and assigned to Ft Benning back in 2012. Instead of the OCPs, we got the ACUs....Something the DIs often criticizes while we were there. I’ll be honest, the hardest part was breaking down my mentality. As a kid i had a Lone Wolf state of mind due to my family always looking for themselves and not for others. The Army forced me to actually work with others and i’ll admit, even today, i prefer to be alone. But even in the shadows, i was nice to watch the other recruits converse and joke.
On my blue Cord ceremony, my DS put my cord on as my family wasn’t there, and on graduation, only my sister decided to show up, out of my entire family. Wasn’t the greatest moment of my life but I am glad regardless because i did something first in the family and if they didn’t care, well, whatevs
I've seen some differences from when I went through basic. Drill Sergeants would still bark at a high volume, just so everyone can hear what's being said, so the DS doesn't have to repeat themselves. In the white and blue phases, the DS would pull back a bit, but if you fuck up, they're on your ass and you'll get smoked.
the sad thing is that the martial arts, gas, and all that doesn’t mean anything in war cause your instincts just come out and you do what’s necessary
Austin Groce Adrenaline is more powerful than any training.
This doesnt make much sense, if you dont have training you'll die, instincts aren't some magical thing that allows you to turn into a super hero and defeat trained opponents
@@Jack10016 That is the point of training, under stress you revert to your highest form of it.
Well all those training do have a purpose because gas comes in your gonna know how to react to it and the martial arts is helpful for survival and self defense
@@Chris09978 or you just butt stroke the fucker or better yet pop a round in the center chest before they get close enough to you. One of my buddies that went over seas found it pretty moronic to teach basic ground maneuvers because at that point you either get the shot off or a machete plunged into you or worse. Not like you can maneuver in the worthless kevlar. Then again idiots think that any of our recent combatants had actual training for that matter -_-
Thank you for making this video, I had no idea they came out with this and it's pretty cool to see how things have changed. I went through OSUT back in 2011. As far as the tone of training, it did get more laid back towards the end, but if you did anything wrong (or if the drill Sgt felt like having fun) it would quickly revert back to shark attack levels of intensity. Also, no the CS gas was not the worst part, it was just the most hyped by the public. I would say the worst was the 10-mile ruck march at the end of OSUT, you did it on the way back from your 24h training exercise.
When you said “get your hands out your pockets” it gave me flashbacks of having to stitch up my coverall pockets in training
Basic training in the army is made to make you get to the minimum knowledge and physical requirements. The army for the most part believe in personal responsibility to achieve higher physical performance and basic and OSUT are just two different steps on your learning process. You’re training doesn’t stop. But they are supposed to be a introduction and the unit you are then put in after are supposed to fine tune you. If that makes sense.
Really nice video mate👍🏽👍🏽
This time the audio was way better than last time. Thanks man
*salute's*
Also my brother picked the USMC because it's one of the toughest training in the US Military
I'd say turn the volume up a little more, but this is a huge improvement 👍
You’re a pretty fun UA-camr pretty active as well. It’s Pretty cool
Try reacting to French Foreign Legion for the next reaction video man, i recommend the Simple History episode about this unique French Army unit.
9:04 Was that angry cop XD
Perhaps
I had to pause and reply it like 3 times because i swear that was him lol
Not funny enough lol
Bro, we will win one. I believe!! WE WILL WIN AS A REGIMENT! THEORIGINALDEADED!
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Can't wait for another mw2 remastered and so on games.! I'm really hyped and excited to watch keep up the good content and were gonna get to 100k boys!
My brother done his basic at Fort Benning and watching the graduation ceremony was incredible
I don't know if they mention it, but OSUT is ONLY infantry training. All other job specialties go to different places for their basic training and specialization training.
That's false actually mps go thru osut as well
12B used to be OSUT, too. Back in the 80s anyways
I think just generally it depends on your MOS and where there's room to even go to basic training. Admittedly I was confused by them saying 22 weeks and OSUT because not every recruit does that. My MOS would likely be going to Fort Sill or Jackson for the 8-ish weeks of basic and then AIT depending on the specific MOS from there.
12B is OSUT too
What are you talking about man The Maneuver School of Excellence is Infantry and Armor 19D/19K. 11 and 19 series both go to Benning for OSUT, 12 and 31 series go to Leonard Wood for OSUT. Only the Infantry and Armor guys go through 22 week OSUT though.
We had sit downs in the USMC with our drill instructors called a school circle where we had hip pocket classes. More relaxed than the constant yelling, but not as relaxed as cutting up with the drill sergeants like the soldiers did in this video. That controlled aggression was always there, like you mentioned. Hip pocket class could turn into a death session on the quarterdeck in no time. Just recently found your channel and love your videos. Cheers from Texas!
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"Some of the kit is just like, top notch..."
_chuckles while wearing my FLC thats been used by more people than a heroin needle_
My platoon in basic stayed in red phase till we graduated and the intensity didn't stop
“... and other protected categories.” Wow. I got out of Active Duty back in 2011 and, as part of my contract, joined the National Guard until 2013. That makes me an OG now (right?). Anyway, it's amazing to see how times have changed. Big Army should leave the Infantry alone. You don't want sensitive and touchy-feely soldiers. You want grunts.
Exactly
What makes the grass grow?
When I got out in 2018 they were just starting the sensitivity training for respecting trans soldiers.
And REALLY pushing SHARP stuff like crazy. Some female soldiers were reporting people for everything.
One even reported a guy for "touching her" in CLS training. He was just trying to feel and count her ribs like we were told to do.
@@jamesmessinger805 💉
Love the content, from the US and I think it’s cool seeing you’re opinions when watching these.
The audio is much much better!
This man is honestly the most humble and wholesome soldier I’ve seen
Seems like a vacation camp compared to Parris Island
This is honestly my first time seeing the army training and I remember my buddy was going through infantry OSUT while I was doing infantry training in the Marines and the stuff he told me sounded so fun compared to my situation
You can't make a judgement of "how hard" it is,when this literally doesn't show any of the physical exercise that they do on the regular....
I was at Ft. Benning in 2016 for Infantry school.
Last cycle of all male recruits.
Worst part of training I would say was the 12 Mile ruck, and the first few days at reception. Extremely sleep deprived, with no idea what to expect.
This video doesn't do the Infantry justice, unless it has changed now that they train both males and females.
Most of the training really isn’t hard honestly, it was mostly breaking off your civilian habits like talking back, wanting to result to fighting, you learn how to be apart of a team mostly
For the U.S Army. They have "Phases" red, white, and blue when I went (in that order), for four weeks each. The soldiers are 11 weeks are about done. (blue phase). Also, it is more of they are hard on you at first and of course "loosen up" each phase. But of course, if you mess up they on you.
lol my battalion got busted down in week 10 for some idiot stealing a round off range. we got smoked/drilled morning to night for three days in between courses.
Yeah, everybody dials down when there are loaded guns around.
Keep up the great work compa!
Greetings from Mexico
I feel that tall recruit’s struggle lol when your head sticks out above everyone else you become a easy target/example
Us army is extremely agressive for the first few weeks and relaxes more and more the closer your plattoon gets to being a "soldier" by graduation if you arnt a "strong cycle" its pretty casual
sound is much better
i subscribed abt a month or two ago when he had around 20k, but look where he is now. this is absolutely amazing. love your content!
During marine basic, when you get to grass week and start doing weapons handling and practice for your week of live fire training, they calm down considerably. When they ramp it back up after and through to graduation it is different than before, it's more peer oriented but still aggressive.
lol they calm down until some dumbass decided to take his rifle into the head and later claim suicidal intent. Then it becomes a shit show.
@@allenyun2611 A recruit would have an extremely hard time getting a rifle into the head. Anytime they aren't being used they're locked up and a DI has the key. The guide is usually the one to double checks to make sure they actually are locked. And at night there's firewatch walking around doing a head count on all recruits and rifles every hour.
I went in 94, my son is in bct right now. This is army produced video, so it’s a bit more gentle than reality. They do relax as the unit learns to become soldiers, but they go instantly back to rage when they mess up. You really don’t get a friendly Drill Sergeant till you’re leaving for AIT.
"you know they yell at you until your ears ring and work you until your arms drop!? is it worth it?? what do you get in return??"
us soldier: mm juice box goes slurp
Literally never got a break from my DS' in OSUT for Combat Engineers. Was a good time looking back. These dudes had it lucky
Hey man was wondering if you could react to Evac on yourube
8:53 drill instructor with a megaphone was angry cops
Some people: annoyed that their head gets shaved
Me who already has a similar haircut: *High Pitched Demonic Screeching*
I didn't get a haircut for 5 months before shipping out to basic figured I would get my $7 worth
Ft. Benning would've been a breeze.
"Relaxin Jackson" was damn hard. maybe it depends on battalions or even companies, but a drill sergeant talking to you like a friend? a dream.
when did the name change for Jackson in my day we called it Action Jackson....
Who saw angry cop in the beginning of the vid thanks mate really big fan you should do a video about the Portuguese especial action deployment (d.a.e) or the fuzileiros wich is the Portuguese version of the royal marines and the usmc here's the link to the video ua-cam.com/video/9zKKQzrv2yI/v-deo.html
Was that him?
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@@seanaldrichyu8292 yes it was
Went through Ft. Benning so, so long ago and it was the scariest time of my life so far. I was fresh out of high school and quickly realized I made a mistake. Man, those drill sergeants were scary. Fortunately, I made it through by doing what I was told and trying to make the same mistakes as my classmates. Although, I made a bunch them. And, I also learned that if I followed the instructions it made life easier (slightly). And, it was the best thing for me at that age.
One last thing: the video did not show all of the PT that US Army recruits go through. I didn't see the runs, marches (in full rucksack), obstacle course or other types of field exercises (in my day there was jungle and desert). Today's Army has more training in urbane warfare, which makes sense, but I don't think the PT standards have changed that much. Similar to the Marines, Army recruits must meet a standard in order to graduate.
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Was enlisted in 97 in my Junior year of High School. The army can take you in at 17 w/ approval from your parents. I was a 91 Echo...dental specialist. Not a very heroic job but still needed. My BCT (basic Training) was at Benning. They do not show the 15k road march, the FTX training, the Horrendous 7 day wake up PT runs and strength training, the many obstacle courses and field exercises. There is a ton of physical training that puts recruits in check. Benning is Home of the Infantry and I was lucky to train Regular Army with them. We are all representing and fighting for our countries, we all worked hard and earned the right to wear our uniform....Salute to you all!
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@The last Roomba you’ll ever see - General Kenobi!
The hardassery that you experience is to culture shock you into falling in line with the Army.
Once you get past the adjustment, then you are all brothers and sisters in arms working toward one goal.
I have to say you are now one of my favorite youtubers to watch bc of your knowledge and experience in the field and also you do have a passion for gaming like us. Keep up the great work OG!
I was a Sergeant in the US Army 2011-2017. This video really misses out on the worst part of Army BCT. Such as the rucking everywhere and 0300-0400 wake up every day except Sunday. It’s very similar to marine training this video really doesn’t show. Also this is only initial training after that we have MOS or job training, which can be 18-56 additional weeks
This was infantry training and is not the majority of the US army. They did not show the true hard stuff like the road march and much more. I did not go through this training as an engineer, i did get most of that training but condensed into 8 weeks of basic training then moved on to train in my field, heavy equipment operator that took 16 weeks. after that i went to air assault school, combat lifesaver, airborne, then Ranger school. my training was almost 2 years total. (i was an army kid so i know what schools i wanted and made sure i got them at sign up). What most do not know is the training never stops, the whole time you serve. Then you had people like me that went in knowing just enough to be ready for almost any situation (my father was a drill instructor so i had an advantage). keep up the good vids man.
I was a US Army Cavalry Scout, I trained at fort Knox shortly before the cavalry School moved to fort Benning Georgia. We did a 25K ruck march to earn our crossed sabres.
You def right they didn't show enough... not even the road marches or getting shot at tf
lol neither vid shows the live fire in the final rucks going in the mud pits.
The Army has changed a lot since i went in. I went to Benning for infantry training in 88', and we were one of the first classes that was part of an experiment on how they did things. They had 3 different levels of basic then...easy, medium, and hard. My class was medium which meant we still got hammered, smoked, and very little freedom, but we did get one pass to the px, and was allowed to watch a movie. But hard phase got brutally hammered every day non stop, and although we never actually saw any of them get hit, there was rumors that it happened. And of course easy phase was a lot more laid back...they got more passes, more freedom, and less yelling.
A family friend had a son go through both USMC and USAA and both said that they were VERY DIFFICULT
"Get your hands out of your pockets" Haha, same thing in the Australian Defence Force. Nothing will trigger an NCO quicker than the sight of someone with their hands in their pockets.
this video was made on the 8th of may, 15 days later he grew from 80k subs to 127k, keep up the great work you'll be at million in no time
Seeing 30th again.... brought back terrible flashbacks of those benches
Me and my cousin WILL join the army! (Just it's the hungarian and not the american) You are inspiring us as hell! We're watching all of your vids! You're our favourite youtuber! 💪🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I graduated basic training about four years ago, and I will say that basic training was a walk in a park compared to first getting to your unit especially in an infantry unit. Your leader ship and other soldiers that out ranked you test you both physically and mentally to make sure you are prepared to go to battle next to them.
Good ole sand hill. I was in 3rd Platoon (Punishers), Bravo 2-58 IN when I went in (Oct 2013 to Feb 2014). A lot has changed compared to what we went through.
We didn't get snacks, we didn't get the SHARP speech.. we got many briefings about that subject later on during OSUT, and during our shark attack we ran in circles on our sandy/rocky running track while simulated explosions and .50 caliber blanks went off while many many drill sergeants yelled in our ears the entire time. Unfortunately we didn't get the standard amount of combatives training, but we got a decent amount of range time and training on our battle drills.
-Bravo 2-58 IN "Love Of Country"
Served 12 years with 3 tours. Trained Alpha company 247 at Fort Benning. When i went through, he had our M4 in the gass chamber, and we never had the casual tone with our DS. It was a lot more aggressive. However in 2015 they went really PC.
I went through Benning, and its a lot like you described the Royal Marines. It is all good and calm until you mess up. After that its like all hell breaks loose.
Non-Infantry U.S. Army Vet here. Went to Ft Jackson in 2012. For us, the first half of BCT is a bunch of Aggression. The second half onwards it is more lax, but if you do fuck up, they can and will turn that aggression back on in a split second.
I went to benning almost 3 1/2 years ago and like you said about the Royal Marines, the drills would sometimes come in and talk to you in a more relaxed way but they were always ready and willing to mess your day up. This was nothing like my reality but every experience is different
Not a Marine. But went through basic training at Ft. Jackson for the Army: B co 2-13.
There are three phases in basic training: red, white, and blue phases. Red I would say was the most intense “break you down etc”. Red came after reception week. White was a mix of red and blue. Blue phase was FTX and getting ready for graduation/finding your duty station/ orders.
The drill sergeants scared me like no other at first. I would say blue phase was the phase where drill sergeants were more like mentors. However, if you left your locker unlocked, the whole bay got destroyed (bunks would be flipped, lockers thrown, your belongings all over).
After basic, you go to AIT (Advanced Individualized Training) and that length depends on your MOS. Combat medics (68w) are 17 weeks long.
You don’t get paid a lot on base pay. However, that’s not counting enlistment bonuses, BAH/BAS, deployment pay, hazard pay, etc etc.
Soldiers E-1-E-5 stay in barracks and they don’t have rent to pay and they can eat freely at the DFAC. Soldiers E-6 & up are required to live off base and the military gives them BAH for that.
So if you save your money and choose wisely, you can save a ton of money.
Something the other video didn’t mention is that after 13 weeks of training, US Marines that plan on going infantry go to School of Infantry (SOI) for another 59 days. I’m sure there’s a few good videos on it if you’re interested.
Yeah the army for the infantry and armor I believe is now 22+ weeks depending on what you do after osut such as airborne, ranger, etc. It was 14 for the infantry osut before and now they've ramped up the intensity and length of the events and have qualifications added. As long you're not sitting in reception forever, it might be a good thing.
I'm former U.S. Army. This video doesn't show all the training we go through in basic training plus if you are a really squared away soldier you will be selected for or can apply for tougher training such as ranger or special forces. Great channel!
Marine here, Bootcamp for Marines is basically how you described. The only exception is when you are on the live fireweek. Then they teach you calmly but with that controlled aggression stance as you described. To be fair though this infantry training when they calm down is in week 11 and week 8 is when they graduate as soldiers (as far as i know for Army, their boot camp is 8 weeks and the video mentioned the full 22 weeks infantry go through) then they move on too infantry training which would be like Marine ITB training or MCT training, it is calmer on those pieces of training but still aggressive for marines.
I am an army veteran. Training did (nearly twenty years ago) consist of long ruck marches, runs, intense pt, etc... on top of tactical training that went into my combative MOS. That video showed so little of training.
I went through basic (Army) at Ft. Knox, Kentucky in 1988 as a 19D Cavalry Scout. It was much different then. Full Metal Jacket was pretty much how it was, with the exception that the Drill Sergeants couldn't put their hands on you. (Though it did happen)
The snack pack blew my mind. I saw the, "What the hell is that BS?", look on your face. It's a whole different world now.
I was an MP and we trained at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. At least back when I was in training, there were a few MOSs in which the basic training AND the AIT were done with the same Drill Sergeants throughout the whole 22 week period. For most other MOSs, the Drill Sergeants were exclusively for reception and the first 9 weeks of training, and then AIT took place on another post with what my platoon called Chill Sergeants... At least from when I was in training, it looked like there were a huge amount of things they skipped in this video like PT, Obstacle Courses, Ruck marches, Field Training, Navigation, Grenades etc. I know they couldn't show literally everything in here and maybe they just didn't get to see everything happening on base enough to get everything on camera...
As for the Drill Sergeants when I was in training, yes by around week 4 the Drill Sergeants did scream less, but every couple days out of nowhere and seemingly just for the fun of it, they'd jump out at you. It didn't help that both our 1st Sergeant and our Company commander (Captain) also used to be Drill Sergeants and so occasionally decided to jump in with the Drill Sergeants.
GS Scurry The training remained pretty much the same for me but I had OSUT training and I’m an MP we stayed in the same barracks for all 20 weeks had the same drill sergeants. They scream at you less as time goes on but they still fuck you up “randomly” still screamed at you at “random” it just depends where you go but they definitely down played the shit out of this video because they want to recruit more people. Still my Army though
I didn't do infantry OSUT at Fort Benning, but I went through the 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training for support MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) at Fort Leonard Wood. The shark attack was similar. There are three phases to BCT: Red phase the first and hardest due to the drill sergeants breaking you down, White phase where you do rifle marksmanship, and Blue phase where you are beginning to be treated like an actual soldier. If your platoon messes up badly enough the senior drill sergeant of your platoon can decide to treat your platoon like you are in Red phase, even if it's your last week of training in Blue phase.
I went through BACT in '96, and it did indeed start off more aggressively and then taper a bit to transition into learning mode over just fear mode. They left out a good amount of the physical training in this video. We had plenty of road marches and obstacle course work, in addition to daily PT at 4:30am and getting "smoked" throughout the day. That was a pretty minimalistic overview that you saw.
I'm a paratrooper in the U.S. Army. First off, let me say that the Army has recently changed the length of infantry OSUT (one station unit training) from 14 weeks to 22 weeks long, I was one of the last cycles to complete a 14 week program. Our training was very intense the first 9 weeks...the drill sergeants were always aggressive, we were constantly getting "smoked." However, there were times here and there that they were calm, especially during portions of training that demanded a lot of focus and attention to detail, such as the rifle range and grenade range. Like it was said in the video, the drill sergeants do this to ensure that the recruits can perform as best they can at that level of training. After those first 9 weeks, infantry recruits head straight into what is called the AIT (advanced infantry training) portion of OSUT (one station unit training), and train for their specific specialty... 11 Charlies (mortars) and 11 Bravos (standard infantryman).
When I was going through basic and AIT at Benning back 20 some years ago our Drill Sergeants would still pop off on us occasionally and trash the barracks when they find something jacked up.
I don't know if it's been pointed out but there are 4 different army bases that recruits are trained at. I trained at Ft. Jackson and it was a trip. One Drill Sergeant was taken away to be in a more administrative position. The other two really stepped up and it was just a great training environment. They were harsh but fair. They also forgot the 4 day ruck/obstacle course/stress fire training.
Ahh gotta love Benning, training company A 2-54 inf 2019. Those drill Sargents know the difference between work and play and will instill the discipline needed when necessary